Yesterdays March 24

Saturday

Mar 23, 2013 at 2:55 PM

Jessica Cole

75 years ago

(1938)

Six tables were filled for games of bridge at the Country Club Wednesday afternoon. The salon was beautifully decorated with bouquets of Iris, spirea, lilacs and narcissi. Prizes were won by Mrs. D.O. Harton, Jr., and Mrs. M.C. Davis. At the conclusion of the series, angel food cake and ice cream topped with strawberries were served. Mrs. J. Wendell Henry and Mrs. Harton were the hostesses for the party.

50 years ago

(1963)

Mrs. Robert Sargent Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and a consultant to his Panel on Mental Health, will be the guest speaker at the sixth annual convention of the Arkansas Association for Children at Arkansas Children’s Colony here May 4-5. Mrs. Shriver will speak the second day.

25 years ago

(1988)

Laura Ellen Morey of Conway has been named to the fall semester Dean’s List at Wake Forest University.

Miss Morey, a senior English major, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Morey of Conway.

Wake Forest is located at Winston-Salem, N.C.

10 years ago

(2003)

Mike Mason of Conway helped Tim Morris repaint the Toad Suck Square Logo on Saturday afternoon in preparation for this year’s Toad suck Daze. Morris, the designer of the logo, has repainted it every year for more than 20 years.

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